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Lalit Modi and Vijay Mallya (iamge/X@jim_rydell) NEW DELHI: A grand pre-birthday celebration was hosted in London for fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya, with photos and videos from the high-profile party being widely shared on social media.The event was hosted by former Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Lalit Modi ahead of Mallya’s 70th birthday, which falls on...

Lionel Messi of Argentina lifts the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Trophy (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Today is December 18. For some, it is just another day on the way to Christmas and the New Year. For football fans, however, it is a date that will forever live in the sport’s collective...

CHENNAI: Chief minister M K Stalin has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to solve the crisis faced by TN exporters due to the recent tariff hike imposed by the US. Currently, the US has imposed 50% tariff hike on Indian exports.Stalin wrote to Modi saying that the confirmed orders were cancelled and new orders have...

NEW DELHI: A parliamentary standing committee on external affairs has warned that India is facing its most significant strategic challenge since the 1971 war, due to the evolving political and security situation in Bangladesh, pointing to the resurgence of Islamist forces, weakening domestic political structures and growing influence of China and Pakistan in Dhaka.The committee...

Image Credit: Bettmann/ Getty Images He stands tall among the authors of modern English literature. Those who have read Leo Tolstoy would know that he was a master of one liners. Every sentence that he wrote had a deep meaning and a lesson to learn. An author revered even today, Leo Tolstoy was also a...

The Income tax department (ITD) on Thursday said the recent communications sent to some taxpayers regarding their transactions are advisory in nature and aimed at facilitating voluntary compliance, not initiating enforcement action.In a post on X, the department said the messages were issued only in cases where there is an apparent significant gap between disclosures...

Sourav Ganguly & Lionel Messi (PTI) Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has taken legal action against Uttam Saha, the president of the Argentina Fan Club of Kolkata, by filing a defamation case seeking Rs 50 crore in damages. The move follows allegations made by Saha linking Ganguly to the controversy surrounding the chaotic Yuva Bharati...

In a recent interview to Vanity Fair, in which Susie Wiles reveals the many predictable behavioural ticks of the denizens of Washington who roam the corridors of power, she called Trump someone with an alcoholic’s impulse, a man who displays liquid courage even while drinking Diet Coke. Among those alcoholic tendencies is the desire to...

Jal Jeevan Mission,In a narrow lane of India, men and women wait quietly with plastic drums lined in rows. Some squat, some sit, with eyes fixed on the bend ahead. Suddenly, the silence breaks. A water tanker reverses into the alley, its engine drowning out the waiting. Young men rush forward, climbing atop the truck,...

File photo NEW DELHI: The Competition Commission of India (CCI) will now probe whether a case of abuse of dominance is made out against IndiGo — which has over 60% domestic market share and is also the single largest airline in terms of international traffic to & from India — as well as review allegations...